Clinical services and research are conveniently co-located at the Warneford Hospital site, and at the nearby Old Road Campus. Core facilities include:
NIHR Oxford cognitive health Clinical Research Facility (NIHR Oxford CH- CRF)
Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA)
Case Records Interactive Search (CRIS)
Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (OxCADAT)
Complimentary facilities
The facilities on the Warneford Hospital site are complimented by leading neuroimaging facilities and expertise close at hand, including:
Find out more: http://www.avic.ox.ac.uk/home► Oxford Acute Vascular Imaging Centre (AVIC)
AVIC at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital is a facility dedicated to clinical research in acute coronary syndromes (heart attack and unstable angina) and stroke and TIA. Its facilities below are uniquely conjoined:
Find out more: https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/divisions/fmrib/oxford-centre-for-functional-MRI-of-the-brain► Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) / Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
FMRIB / Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging is based within the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and sited at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. FMRIB is a multi-disciplinary neuroimaging research facility comprising:
Collaborators and platforms
Our work is supported by these pioneering and innovative research groups and networks:
Find out more: http://www.thesgc.org/► The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC)
SGC is a large public-private partnership (six academic institutions, five public bodies/charities and eight pharma companies) that supports the discovery of new medicines using open science. Based on the Old Road Campus, a five minute walk from the NIHR Oxford Health BRC’s Warneford site, it is creating a new drug discovery ecosystem, supporting mental health treatments.
Find out more: http://www.dementiasplatform.uk/► MRC Dementias Platform UK (DPUK)
DPUK was established to open up and accelerate progress in dementias research. The DPUK is directed from Oxford by Professor John Gallacher and DPUK resources will be shared with the NIHR Oxford Health BRC.
Find out more: http://oxford-ddi.alzheimersresearchuk.org/► Alzheimer’s Research UK Drug Discovery Institute Oxford (ARUK DDI Oxford)
ARUK DDI Oxford is a £10 million investment that combines deep disease knowledge and biological expertise with high quality, innovative drug discovery technologies to deliver new therapies for dementia. The DDI is based in the Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford, Old Road Campus.
Find out more about IAPT: https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/adults/iapt/ Watch this video about IAPT: https://youtu.be/KwZfee2erkw► Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
IAPT, led by Professor David Clarke at the University of Oxford, has been rolled out across the NHS to ensure that patients access help more quickly and easily for common mental health problems. We will be building on this in one of our core themes: ‘Precision psychological treatments‘.
We will work closely with our colleagues at the OUH BRC, particularly with their core themes: And their cross-cutting themes: Find out more: https://oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/► NIHR Oxford University Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre (OUH BRC)
We will work closely with other mental health and dementia themes in national BRCs. Together we will transform the strategic outlook for mental health research in the UK. We aim to Find out more: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/how-we-are-managed/our-structure/infrastructure/biomedical-research-centres.htm► National Biomedical Research Centres
Oxford AHSC coordinates clinical and academic excellence within Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.► Oxford Academic Health Science Centre (Oxford AHSC)
Find out more: http://www.oxfordahsc.org.uk/
Oxford AHSN consolidates interactions between Oxford universities, hospitals and industry networks to create new therapeutics, diagnostics, devices, companies and jobs.► Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN)
Find out more: http://www.oxfordahsn.org/
NIHR CLAHRC Oxford, hosted by Oxford Health NHS FT 2014-2019, has a strong emphasis on mental health and primary care. The CLAHRC has been especially effective in establishing cross infrastructure working. This joint working ensures pull through from discovery science to implementation.► NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Research and Care Oxford (NIHR CLAHRC Oxford)
Find out more: https://www.clahrc-oxford.nihr.ac.uk/
NIHR CRN is the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. The NIHR CRN: Thames Valley and South Midlands is hosted by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, and its Director, Belinda Lennox, is based in the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry.► NIHR Clinical Research Network: Thames Valley and South Midlands (NIHR CRN)
Find out more: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/nihr-in-your-area/thames-valley-and-south-midlands/
The NIHR Oxford Health BRC is also supported by:
Oxford StemBANCC
Target Discovery Institute (TDI)
Big Data Institute (BDI)
UK Biobank
Kennedy Institute
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
BioEscalator